How far have we come as a club the last 10 years?

[Rileigh84]

It's been a while so apologies in advance,

 

While the whole Puel In / Puel Out debate rages on, I like to remind myself of how far we've come as a club, and have a unique way of doing so. The last 10 years have been pretty special haven't they?

I remember being sat in an internet café in Vietnam back in May 2008, trying and failing to find a Radio Leicester stream of the Leicester vs Stoke match, and having to watch the BBC sport ticker page for updates before being mortified as we were relegated to League One. It topped off a sad era for my time supporting City. Not in my wildest dreams did I think we'd go on to produce and experience what we have in these last 10 years however.

 

The following season we walked through League One, spearheaded by that beast Stevie Howard alongside Matty Fryatt, with Oakley and King running things in the middle and Lloyd Dyer ripping up the wings. Big Aleksander Tunchev beasting it at the back alongside Michael Morrison. How far we have come... still rage over Kermorgant's failed panenka kick in the semi's the following season.

 

What followed was the Thai takeover, and the rest as they say is history... well, with a minor Sven Goran Eriksson sized blip in between.

 

I want to remember these days forever, which is why I put together these infographic prints a few years back. I focus on creating trigger points that initiate memory recall, helping to relive the emotions of those acheivements and the journey. I want to share this with as many fans as I can, because I know first hand how good they've been to me, the amount of times I pass one and find myself reliving the tales once again. A fav of mine is the QPR game where Nuge chased off a squirrel.

 

Before anyone shouts 'spam' I've posted here many times before, ex-season ticket holder, now unable to get a season ticket after giving mine up when I moved away a few years back but still go to most games (in SK1 usually).

I know many of you were very interested in this in the past and bought copies, so I thought you might like to know I now have fresh stock of these prints;

• 2009 League One Champions prints
• 2014 Championship Champions prints
• 2016 Premier League Champions prints

All in stock, and as a discounted trilogy bundle to buy if you like here.

 

 

 

I have put together a unique discount code for Foxes Talk users, if you use the code FOXESTALK18 at the checkout you'll receive 10% off.

Cheers guys,

Up the city!

 

[TiffToff88]

"How to plug a product while disguising it as a debate on the club's progress"

[AllGoneTitsSchlupp]

Nichest way of disguising a Puel out thread I've seen yet.

[Rileigh84]

Just now, AllGoneTitsSchlupp said:

Nichest way of disguising a Puel out thread I've seen yet.

[Rileigh84]

5 minutes ago, TiffToff88 said:

"How to plug a product while disguising it as a debate on the club's progress"

Shameless. 

It's still all true though. Do I make money out of them, sure, a little. But did I produce them so myself and other city fans could relive the journey - absolutely. I'd give them away for free if I didn't have a family to feed! Haha.

[Footballwipe]

This is barely even the definition of a plug, it's just an excerpt of "Leicester City history for dummies" followed by BUY MY PRODUCT. I'd have had more respect if they'd just put three links, the picture and BUY MY PRODUCT.

 

What an insult to everyone's intelligence.

[StanSP]

the only way to redeem yourself @Rileigh84 is to give all 3 products away for free to everyone who posts in this thread.

[Rileigh84]

5 minutes ago, Footballwipe said:

This is barely even the definition of a plug, it's just an excerpt of "Leicester City history for dummies" followed by BUY MY PRODUCT. I'd have had more respect if they'd just put three links, the picture and BUY MY PRODUCT.

 

What an insult to everyone's intelligence.

 

Like I said, it's shameless promotion, but its all true. You don't have to buy it, plenty of others have and have enquired about the 2009 and 2014 prints so I'm just letting people know its back in stock - and it reminded me that we've come a long way now that we argue about mid table not being enough for the club.

[Rileigh84]

8 minutes ago, StanSP said:

the only way to redeem yourself @Rileigh84 is to give all 3 products away for free to everyone who posts in this thread.

Dude you're killing me. But no can do, gotta at least cover my costs. The best I can do at the moment is offer a discount to Foxes Talk members, takes time and money to package and post these let alone design and get them printed. Nice try though chap! haha.

[dmayne7]

I have the 2016 one and got it for my old man. They look class.

[Rileigh84]

Just now, dmayne7 said:

I have the 2016 one and got it for my old man. They look class.

Cheers bud. I'm hoping its not the last time I put one together for City winning a title in my lifetime!

[sylofox]

Free advert is a bit cheeky. You could put a set up for auction proceeds going to FT. 

[Rileigh84]

5 minutes ago, sylofox said:

Free advert is a bit cheeky. You could put a set up for auction proceeds going to FT. 

I've offered a few of these up for charity auctions recently, one most recently after Vichai's death. It's not something I mind doing. I also donate 10% of any profits to NACOA - The National Association for Children of Alcoholics, a charity very close to me. I believe I gave a copy away to the winners of a 'guess  the correct score' competition on Foxes Talk before if my memory serves me correct also.

 

As I said, I don't really make any money out of these due to time spent designing them, the cost of print, packaging and then storage costs - I also offer free UK shipping which isn't free at all as I pay full rates for the postage, I just offer the customer free shipping, so it's difficult for me to offer these for free or at auction. Try and get an A1 gallery quality print yourself and you'll see what I mean, you're easily paying £18+ for a one-off print.

[Rileigh84]

17 minutes ago, sylofox said:

Free advert is a bit cheeky. You could put a set up for auction proceeds going to FT. 

It's a fair point though. 

[Countryfox]

 

I think we’ve come quite some way.

 

Is that it ? ...   do I win a prize ? ...

[urban.spaceman]

Can someone lend me 20 quid?

[Rileigh84]

8 minutes ago, Countryfox said:

 

I think we’ve come quite some way.

 

Is that it ? ...   do I win a prize ? ...

i think thats the point, we all won when we won the league 

[Max Wall]

1 hour ago, AllGoneTitsSchlupp said:

Nichest way of disguising a Puel out thread I've seen yet.

[RODNEY FERNIO]

2 minutes ago, Max Wall said:

 

[Max Wall]

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[foxfanazer]

2 hours ago, Footballwipe said:

This is barely even the definition of a plug, it's just an excerpt of "Leicester City history for dummies" followed by BUY MY PRODUCT. I'd have had more respect if they'd just put three links, the picture and BUY MY PRODUCT.

 

What an insult to everyone's intelligence.

I’ve just bought all three

[Rileigh84]

1 hour ago, foxfanazer said:

I’ve just bought all three

Nice one chap! You won't be disappointed.

[promised land]

I’m always dubious about this kind of tat, the fact you never mention the price in your long winded post made it worse, £50 for 3 paper posters. 

 

Framing is extra and no price

 

 

[Costock_Fox]

I also have the 2016 one of my kitchen wall and yeah if you look at £20 for a sheet of paper that’s expensive but it isn’t just a sheet of paper is it.

 

I agree that it’s a bit shameless wrapping this in a thread but harsh if anyone to call this tat.

[Rileigh84]

3 hours ago, promised land said:

I’m always dubious about this kind of tat, the fact you never mention the price in your long winded post made it worse, £50 for 3 paper posters. 

 

Framing is extra and no price

 

 

Firstly, they’re gallery quality satin prints, and therefore not just pieces of paper, and high end professional inks used in a lithographic process (not cheap).

 

Secondly, go online and try and get a custom A1 artwork printed on good quality paper for under £15, I can pretty much guarantee you it won’t happen. And that’s before you’ve paid for shipping and a designer to put together what you want,

 

Thirdly, I’m an award winning designer, I get paid well to do this kind of thing, and I can assure you it takes a high level of skill to produce these designs. It takes 4-5 full days work to research, plan, design, develop and then shoot / present, edit and upload to store just one print like this, an additional days work to write copy and SEO for the print, I don’t know what kind of money you earn but in my world that £1200-1500 worth of design time in my industry. Then I have to source a printer and gather quotes, which takes further time. I have to proof the design, check the copy and ensure it’s fit for purpose = more time. I have to source and buy packaging and then hand package each and every print that I sell, the last time I ordered over 500 prints, that takes 2-3 days to package at least. Then when an order comes through I have to purchase postage individually - which I don’t charge the customer but it costs me £4.50 per print, and I have to take time out of my day to post these.

 

Thats before I get started on advertising and marketing costs through google and Facebook!

 

And all that doesn’t include the fact I have to pay for the e-commerce store and payment package every month, I pay for a domain name and web hosting on top of that, and on top of that the e-commerce platform take a percentage out of every order.

 

i make next to nothing on these in the end while the only other company out there who does something similar charges over £70 a print.

 

And you think £50 is too much for 3 prints. Or £20 too much for one print. You’re getting a slice of 6-7 days worth of work in one print for £15 if you don’t include the shipping cost I shell out.

 

You are of course welcome to your opinion, but you should know there’s a lot more to it than just pressing print and giving you a cheap tatty piece of paper as you put it.